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2004-02-07 13:12:41
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Best method for moving netbackup server
From: hectoralmazan AT optonline DOT net (Hector Almazan)
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 13:12:41 -0500 
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Are you moving it to a new server with the same model or architecture?
If so just create a flash archive file/image of the server and restore
it to the new server during OS installation.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of mark
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 6:59 AM
To: David Thome; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Best method for moving netbackup server

 

If you can afford it, get a veritas consultant. If it goes wrong they
may well charge you anyway to fix it.

 

At a high level:-

 

1. stop all activity on netbackup (stop bprd)

2. do a catalog consistency check

3. fix any problems with the catalog so its clean

4. backup the database to tape

5. on client properties add the new server name, so when you switch you
still have access

6. shutdown netbackup

7. copy the volume database, the media database and the image database
to the new machine

8. ensure any tuneables or tuneable files such as SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS are
copied over

9. move the access to the robot/drives to the new host

10. start netbackup on new master

11. change the databases to reflect the new master/media server (
various steps within this )

12. do some catalog restore queries to see if image access is working.

13. do actual restores to see if media/image databases 'work'

14. do some local master backups ( use test media, incase media database
is incorrect )

15. do some restores from those test backups

16. on client properties, select all and change master name

17. run some real backups

18. finished

 

it at any step beyond 11 you see issues, stop before you get to 17 and
you can fallback without having overwritten any 'live' tapes.

 

regards

mark

-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]On Behalf Of David Thome
Sent: 07 February 2004 05:18
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Best method for moving netbackup server

I have a SUN V880 server that has both the master and media netbackup
server on the same machine.  Unfortunately it has other apps on it as
well and the machines resources are being tapped out.  

I need to move netbackup off of this machine and on to a new machine.
All of the clients will stay the same,  just need to move the
master/media server to a new machine.  Can I get some suggestions on the
best practices/methods for doing this.  

Thank you in advance.





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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Are you moving it to a new server with the
same model or architecture? If so just create a flash archive file/image of the
server and restore it to the new server during OS 
installation.</span></font></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] <b><span 
style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>mark<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2 
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Saturday,
 February 07, 2004</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><font
 size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>6:59 
AM</span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> David Thome;
veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Veritas-bu] Best
method for moving netbackup server</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New 
Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>If you can afford it, get
a veritas consultant. If it goes wrong they may well charge you anyway to fix
it.</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New 
Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>At a high 
level:-</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New 
Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

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<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>1. stop all activity on
netbackup (stop bprd)</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>2. do a catalog
consistency check</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>3. fix any problems with
the catalog so its clean</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>4. backup the database to
tape</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>5. on client properties
add the new server name, so when you switch you still have 
access</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>6. shutdown 
netbackup</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>7. copy the volume
database, the media database and the image database to the new 
machine</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>8. ensure any tuneables
or tuneable files&nbsp;such as SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS are copied 
over</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>9. move the access to the
robot/drives to the new host</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>10. start netbackup on
new master</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>11. change the databases
to reflect the new master/media server ( various steps within this 
)</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>12. do some catalog
restore queries to see if image access is working.</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>13. do actual restores to
see if media/image databases 'work'</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>14. do some local master 
backups
( use test media, incase media database is incorrect )</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>15. do some restores from
those test backups</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>16. on client properties,
select all and change master name</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>17. run some real 
backups</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>18. 
finished</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New 
Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>it at any step beyond 11
you see issues, stop before you get to 17 and you can fallback without having
overwritten any 'live' tapes.</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New 
Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>regards</span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>mark</span></font></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]<b><span 
style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>David Thome<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2 
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>07 February
 2004</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
 style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>05:18</span></font><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Veritas-bu] Best method
for moving netbackup server</span></font></p>

<div>

<div>

<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>I have a SUN V880 server that has both the master and
media netbackup server on the same machine.&nbsp; Unfortunately it has other
apps on it as well and the machines resources are being tapped out.&nbsp; 
</span></font></p>

<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>I need to move netbackup off of this machine and on to
a new machine.&nbsp; All of the clients will stay the same,&nbsp; just need to
move the master/media server to a new machine.&nbsp; Can I get some suggestions
on the best practices/methods for doing this.&nbsp; </span></font></p>

<p style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thank you in 
advance.</span></font></p>

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Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2746??PS=";>Plan
your next US getaway to one of the super destinations here.</a>
_______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist -
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